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About Gori Pora Village

Gori Pora is a mid sized village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,681, made up of 886 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282.1 hectares hectares.

Gori Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gori Pora village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Beerwah
Area (hectares) 282.1 hectares
Population 1,681
Male Population 886
Female Population 795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gori Pora compares

By the 2011 count Gori Pora is the 30th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 282.1 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Gori Pora

Gori Pora is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gori Pora as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gori Pora from other places

Gori Pora lies about 12 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 9.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gori Pora
Tehsil headquarters Beerwah under 2 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 9.9 km
District headquarters Badgam 12 km
Nearest town Soyībug 14 km

Villages closest to Gori Pora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Beerwah tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gori Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Gori Pora village had a population of 1,681. That makes it the 30th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Gori Pora village has 886 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gori Pora has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 889.

Gori Pora covers 282.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gori Pora falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gori Pora is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 9.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gori Pora.

Gori Pora is about 12 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gori Pora is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about under 2 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 9.9 km away. Badgam is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalpora Beeru (under 2 km), Kandoora (1.5 km) and Sone Pah (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gori Pora today is likely to be higher.

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